Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,180, Joseph Goodwin, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn
Goodwin, Joseph.
NUMBER _____
§ 29.180
CONTENTS

Michigan 29, 858
Joseph Goodwin of Macomb Co. in the Territory of Michigan who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Beebe of the Reg't commanded by Col. Bradley in the Ponn. mil. line for 17 months & 13 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan at the rate of 68 Dollars 10 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of March 1835 and in the name of New L. Lyon Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 35. 272.40 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Sept. 35. 34.05 $306.45
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E 2 Vol. 9 Page 98

Joseph Goodwin Applications for a Pension
16 57

Servitory of Michigau
County of Macon 55, On this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in Open Court, before the Honble. the Judges of the Circuit Court of the County of Macon aforesaid in said County, now sitting, Joseph Goodwin a resident of the town of Rome in said County aforesaid, aged Seventy seven years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as hereinafter stated; That deponent served in the Regiment of Col. Bradley of the Connecticut Militia; and Hobbs was Major of said Regiment, the name of his Capt was Benjamin Beebe; Lieut. Col. H. and ensign Warren Beebe, Deponent first entered the service in the Militia aforesaid, on the last of April or first of May 1775 for the term of eight months, and at the expiration of his term of service on the 25 th of December in the same year he was induced, with his Company by the urgent solicitations of General Washington to remain for weeks longer in the service, and on the expiration of that term, for a further term of three weeks, with the promise of a new pay and rations until he reached home which promise was fulfilled, so that deponent did not leave the service until the 15 th or 17 th of February 1777, making his term of service as aforesaid over nine months; During the above enlistments he was engaged in the battles of Princeton and Trenton in New Jersey. That on the 20 th of February 1777 he again enlisted in a volunteer Company of Connecticut Militia, under the command of Capt. Bradley for the term of three months, Lieutenants name was Smith, That on the 20 th of May following he left the service having served his term of enlistment as aforesaid; That on the 15 th of June in the year last aforesaid, he again entered the service as a volunteer in the Company of Capt. Smith, in Capt. Adams Regiment of Connecticut Militia, and served therein until after the capture of Burgoyne & his army, when in the month of October in the same year he again left the service, having served a further term of four months; That some time in the summer of 1779 he again entered the service as a volunteer under Capt. Seymour of Stillfield Connecticut, on an alarm, the Regiment was commanded by General Oliver Wolcott, a matter of which entitled the service as aforesaid at Stillfield Connecticut and marched to Danfield when that place was burned, from thence to Cornwall & Stamford and remained there until the British returned to New York; having served in the above last named lower six weeks and one day. Making in all his services as aforesaid under his several enlistments a term of upwards of eighteen months; At the time of the several enlistments

of said deponent was a resident of the town of Litchfield, in the State of Connecticut, and served as a volunteer during said enlistments. — Deponent was engaged in the battle of Brandywine, and throughout her whole service, he held the rank of sergeant; that he marched through the town of Haverhill and thence to Haverhill by water, thence to the town of Bangor, thence to Bangor Point, thence back to Bangor, thence through English neighborhood to Skeneateles, thence to Saratoga, thence to Princeton & Trenton etc. Generals Washington, Green & Putnam accompanied the troops in their march from Bangor Point to the Delaware. On the 19 th of Nov r 1776 the Company of Deponent mustered 71 men, and after the taking of Trenton Washington on the 2 nd of same month only 10 men remained, indeed the whole Regiment was so cut up, that it was incorporated with another. — That he did not obtain any written discharge at the several times of leaving the service as before stated. — That he lost his sergeant's warrant some years since; that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services as aforesaid.
Interrogatories by the Court
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Born in Litchfield Connecticut A.D. 1756.
2 nd Have you any records of your age, and if so, where is it?
Age Record in Town Records, Litchfield County State of Connecticut.
3 rd Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Litchfield Connecticut, Since the revolutionary war I lived about thirty years in the State of N.Y. Now living in Bruce, Michigan Territory.
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?
Volunteer.
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Col. Bradley, Capt. Brainerd, Lieut. Cook & Ensign Black. Marched from Litchfield to Albany to New York by water, thence to Bangor & Bangor Point, remained here till the British took N.Y. Thence to Bangor by English settlement. Thence to Saratoga, where in an Eng. House  where Muskett, Princeton, here we had an action, Genl. Green commanded, both
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Never received any discharge.

7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhoods, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Luther Shaw, Asahel Bailey, N. T. Taylor
Deponents hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state or territory.
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court this third day of December A.D. 1903 Richd Mullin Clerk. Joseph Goodwin
We Luther Shaw a Clergyman, residing in the town of Bruce County of Macon and N. T. Taylor residing in Washington in said County do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Goodwin, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court this third day of December A.D. 1903 Richd Mullin Clerk. Luther Shaw N. T. Taylor
And the said Courts do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Joseph Goodwin Applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he stated. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Luther Shaw who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, residing in the town of Bruce and County of Macon, and that N. T. Taylor who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Washington in the said County of Macon, and is a credible person, and that their statements is entitled to credit.
Wm A Burt Willard Guild
Appiate judges of Macon County

I Richard Nuttall - Clerk of the Circuit Court of Macomb County Michigan. I hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Goodwin for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this third day of December A.D. 1953.
Richard Nuttall

21.-656-
Joseph Goodwin
Michigan Territory
f 1776 p 17 m
13 days
Return f. —
$68.10
Hon. L. Lyons } Present }
G. Bates
Frank Macomb County M. S.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
4 Feb 1834
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Goodwin
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776. 9. priv Col Bradley Capt. Beebe 77 years   1777 3 " Cap. Bradley Comm d " Traditionary   4 " Smith Col Adams   1779 1 13 Cap. Seymour  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this            day of            personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of            in the county of            and State, Territory or District of            aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)            , with            and served in the            (e) regiment of the            line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so, as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I            of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of            for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of            &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the            and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with            , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the            and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the            and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,            Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this            day of            &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
February 9, 1924.
Miss Hasel Nichols, 910 Wall St., Port Huron, Mich.
Madam;
At the request of Honorable Louis C. Crampton, you are herewith furnished the history of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joseph Goodwin, S. 29180.
From the papers in the above mentioned pension claim, it appears that Joseph Goodwin was born in August 1756 at Litchfield, Connecticut, and while residing there he enlisted and served as a sergeant in the Connecticut Troops, as follows-
From the last of April or first of May 1776 in Captain Bazeleel Beebe's Company, Colonel Bradley's Regiment, was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and served until February 17, 1777.
From February 20, 1777, he served three months in Captain Bradley's Company.
From July 1, 1777, he served in Captain Smith's Com-

pany, Colonel Adam's Regiment, was in the battle of Bemis Heights and served until some time in October 1777.
In the summer of 1779, he went on an alarm, when Fairfield was burned, in Captain Seymour's Company and served six weeks and one day.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1833, while a resident of Bruce, Macomb County, Michigan.
Soldier stated that he lived about twelve years in the state of New York, after the War of the Revolution. This not stated whether soldier was married.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
February 9, 1924.
Honorable Louis C. Crampton, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Crampton;
In response to your letter of the sixth instant, I have the honor to advise you that Miss Hazel Nichols of 910 Wall street, Port Huron, Michigan, has this day been furnished the history of Joseph Good- win, S. 29180, Revolutionary War pensioner.
Sincerely,
Commissioner.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
MARTIN B. MADDEN, ILL., CHAIRMAN. JOSEPH W. BYRNS, TENN. CHARLES R. DAVIS, MINN. JAMES P. BUCHANAN, TEX. DANIEL R. ANTHONY, JR., KANS. JAMES A. GALLIVAN, MASS. WILLIAM S. VARE, PA. JAMES F. BYRNES, S. C. SYDNEY ANDERSON, MINN. GORDON LEE, GA. WILLIAM R. WOOD, IND. BEN JOHNSON, KY. LOUIS C. CRAMTON, MICH. CHARLES D. CARTER, OKLA. EDWARD H. WASON, N. H. EDWARD T. TAYLOR, COLO. WALTER W. MAGEE, N. Y. WILLIAM B. OLIVER, ALA. GEORGE MOLDEN TINCHAM, MASS. ANTHONY J. GRIFFIN, N. Y. BURTON L. FRENCH, IDAHO. THOMAS W. HARRISON, VA. MILTON W. SHREVE, PA. JOHN N. BANDLIN, LA. L. J. DICKINSON, IOWA. JOHN J. EAGAN, N. J. FRANK MURPHY, OHIO. WILLIAM A. AYRES, KANS. JOHN W. SUMMERS, WASH. HENRY E. BARBOUR, CALIF. ERNEST R. ACKERMAN, N. J. GUY D. HARDY, COLO. FRANK H. FUNK, ILL. JOHN TABER, N. Y. M. BRICE H. THATCHER, KY.
LOUIS C. CRAMTON 7TH DISTRICT MICHIGAN SUBCOMMITTEES: INTERIOR DEPARTMENT (CHAIRMAN) DEFICIENCIES
House of Representatives U. S.
Washington, D. C.
February 6, 1924
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please furnish to Miss Hazel Nichols, 910 Wall Street, Port Huron, Michigan, any information your records show in regard to the service of Joseph Goodwin in the Revolutionary War? It is understood that he served from the State of New York in this war.
Thanking you for this courtesy, I am
Yours sincerely,

29 180 Rez INVALID.
1924 Feb. 9. Hiet to Miss Hazel Nichols - requested by Cong. Louis C Crawford Aug.
File No. 29,180
Joseph Goodwin Pis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1827
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 158
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Nathaniel Goodwin of Litchfield, County of Litchfield & State of Conn aged 74 years being duly sworn do depose & say that in the year 1776 I was well acquainted with Joseph Goodwin then of said Litchfield now of Washington, County of Macomb & Territory of Michigan, & I remember that in the spring of that year it was generally understood that s d Joseph had enlisted into Capt. M'Clure's Company of Infantry to serve as a soldier in the service of the United States for several months but the precise length of time I do not remember, said Joseph left s d Litchfield in s d Company & marched as was then understood to New York or its vicinity, I was drafted in Aug. of the same year to go to New York to defend that city, & marched thither & I well remember that I saw said Joseph Goodwin in the service of the United States in that city as a soldier in Capt. M'Clure's Company at some period during my stay there. I also I think once saw him subsequently at Fort Washington, in s d Company, before said Fort was taken, I left New York before said Fort was taken leaving him still there. I had a Brother, Solomon Goodwin in s d Capt. M'Clure's Company & I remember to have heard him say that the day before the s d Fort was taken he went with said Joseph across the North River with some of that Company who were sick among whom was said Joseph, this I heard him say many years since & during & soon after the war. I understood at that time that said Joseph marched through the State of New Jersey with our army & was at the Battles of Princeton & Trenton, & that at some time during the winter 1776-7 he returned to said Litchfield, These facts were at that time currently reported & generally believed in the neighborhood where s d Joseph resided, & no doubt has to my knowledge existed as to his having served at the places & at the times above mentioned. And further saith not. Dated at Litchfield this 10 th day of May 1834 Nath l Goodwin
Litchfield County, Conn ss Litchfield May 10 th 1834 Personally appeared Nathaniel Goodwin a gentleman to me well known & who is entitled to full credit & subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same. Before me Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

I Rhoda Goodwin of the town & County of Litchfield Conn aged 88 years being duly sworn do depose & say that I was formerly well acquainted with Joseph Goodwin now of Washington, County of Macomb & Territory of Michigan, formerly of S d Litchfield, that he was my first Cousin, & was for several years after the commencement of the Revolutionary War a member of my Father's family. I well remember, that, as I think about the first of May 1776, it was said in our family that said Joseph was going in Capt. M'Call's Company of Infantry to New York or near there to defend that Country from the British. I know that he left Litchfield, for that purpose as I supposed & was absent till some time during the winter of 1776-7 & as I then & as I have always since understood he was serving as a soldier in the service of the United States the whole time till he returned to Litchfield. I well remember that our family at the time Fort Washington was taken heard that said Joseph on account of sickness left the fort & crossed into New Jersey on the day before S d Fort was captured by the British & I remember our rejoicing that he was not taken a prisoner with the greater part of his company. We used to hear from S d Joseph by Letters & otherwise while he continued in the army & in that way learned that he was with Gen Washington's army in its retreat through the Jerseys & at the Battles of Princeton & Trenton. After S d Joseph returned to Litchfield I frequently heard S d Joseph speak of the above facts & relate many circumstances & anecdotes in relation to the war. & that he served as above represented I have always believed & I never heard it doubted; the precise period of time he served I cannot tell.
In the summer of 1777 said Joseph was still a member of my Father's family & went to serve as a soldier in the Northern Army, he was gone from home several months serving, as I think in Col. Stewarts Regiment, in which he served till after the capture of Gen Burgoyne & soon after that returned home to Litchfield. Shortly after his return I heard him speak of his having served as above & of the Battle & capture of the British Army, & it was then generally believed in the neighborhood where he resided, as well as in our family that he served as I have above represented, & so far as I have heard no doubt has ever existed on that point.

said Joseph was out serving as a soldier in the American army at other times during the Revolutionary War & some at other places but at what other times & places I cannot now well remember & will not undertake to tell and further saith not
- Dated at Litchfield this 10 th day of May 1834
Rhoda Goodwin
Litchfield County, Conn. ss Litchfield May 10 th 1834
Personally appeared Mrs Rhoda Goodwin a person to me well known & who is entitled to full credit & subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same,
Before me
Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

I Solomon Gibbs of the Town & County of Litchfield Conn being duly sworn do depose & say that, according to my best recollection in September, of the year 1778, I was drafted to go & vest as a soldier in the military service of the United States to Crompond & its vicinity near Peekskill N.Y. on the North River, to defend that part of the Country against an apprehended attack of the British from New York. I was in the Company of which Myant Stoddard was Capt; & I think one Jones was Lieut but am not certain; & in Col Andrew Adams Regiment, I marched in 1 st Company to 1 st Crompond, Col Meigs' reg t was in the neighborhood, & Gen Billings commanded the Post, Gen Putnam lay further down the River, I served in 1 st Company as such soldier about six weeks, I was at that time well acquainted with Joseph Goodwin then of 1 st Litchfield now of Washington Macomb County. N.Y. & say that he entered said Company when I did, assembled with others at said Litchfield, & marched with the Company to 1 st Crompond; that he served with me in said Company at Crompond, & its vicinity, the whole time that I served, which according to my best knowledge was six weeks, And further saith not Dated at Litchfield this 2 nd day of July 1834
Solomon Gibbs
Litchfield County, Conn. ss Litchfield July 2 nd 1834
Personally appeared Solomon Gibbs a gentleman to me well known & who is entitled to full credit, & subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me
pro. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

State of New York Onondaga County S s : On this 15 th day of December in the year of our Lord 1834, came before the the subscriber Numa Leonard a Justice of the peace in said County, Solomon Goodwin of Rome in said County, aged Eighty years in April next, — who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that he was a Soldier of in the American revolutionary war, & is now a pensioner of the United States — That he was well acquainted with Joseph Goodwin, then of Litchfield, State Connecticut, now of Bruce in Michigan Territory, an applicant for pension, that said Joseph belonged to Capt: Barzillai Baker's company, Major Wolsey & Col: Bradby being field officers of the Regiment: — In the spring of 1776 this Regiment of Connecticut Militia was called into the service of the United States, & said Joseph went with his company for & during the term of eight months, & said term of service was extended at the pressing request of General Washington for four weeks , & at the expiration of that time for three weeks longer, and that his whole service under his first enlistment were about ten months. — That said Joseph again enlisted in the winter of 1777 in Capt: Bradby's volunteer company of Connecticut militia for a short term, 3 or 4 months, & that he again served out his term in the service of the United States. said Joseph after his discharge enlisted in the vol- unteer company commanded by Capt: Smith in Col: Allens Militia regiment, & continued in service til fall, a term of 4 or 5 months. Said Joseph was at the battles of Trenton & Princeton — & at Bemis heights — & was a sergeant during most of the time that he was in service. That said Joseph's services were performed at & near New York, & in New Jersey & further saith not. Solomon Goodwin

Sworn & Subscribed before me on the day & date above written
Remsen Leonard Justice of the Peace
State of New York Onondaga County ss I the undersigned Clerk of said County do certify that Remsen Leonard Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was on the day of the date of said affidavit a justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by Law to act as such that I am acquainted with his hand writing and justly believe his name subscribed to the above journal is the proper hand writing of the said justice Witness my hand and seal of office this 23 d day of December 1834
Geo. Brown Clerk

I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court of Litchfield County, State of Connecticut do hereby certify,
that Geo. C. Woodruff before whom the preceding depositions of Nathan Goodwin, Rhoda Goodwin & Solomon Gibbs therein appear to have been taken, for more than one year last past has been & now is a justice of the Peace within for said County & as such duly qualified to administer oaths etc; & that the signatures annexed to the certificates, annexed to said depositions respectively, which purport to be the signatures of said Woodruff are genuine & his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at said Litchfield this 7 th day of July A.D. 1834
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.